My LORD’s BibleNehemiah 2
1And it came to pass in the month Nisan, in the twentieth year of Artaxerxes the king, that wine was before him: and I took up the wine, and gave it unto the king. Now I had not been beforetime sad in his presence.
וַיְהִי ׀ בְּחֹדֶשׁ נִיסָן שְׁנַת עֶשְׂרִים לְאַרְתַּחְשַׁסְתְּא הַמֶּלֶךְ יַיִן לְפָנָיו וָאֶשָּׂא אֶת־הַיַּיִן וָאֶתְּנָה לַמֶּלֶךְ וְלֹא־הָיִיתִי רַע לְפָנָיו׃ (5910)
See also: Nehemiah 1:11, Ezra 7:1, Proverbs 12:25, Genesis 40:21, Nehemiah 1:1, Daniel 9:25, Ezra 7:7, Nehemiah 5:14, Nehemiah 13:6, Esther 3:7
2Wherefore the king said unto me, Why is thy countenance sad, seeing thou art not sick? this is nothing else but sorrow of heart. Then I was very sore afraid,
וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ מַדּוּעַ ׀ פָּנֶיךָ רָעִים וְאַתָּה אֵינְךָ חֹולֶה אֵין זֶה כִּי־אִם רֹעַ לֵב וָאִירָא הַרְבֵּה מְאֹד׃ (2455)
See also: Proverbs 15:13, Genesis 40:7, Ecclesiastes 7:4, 1 Kings 21:5, Nehemiah 7:7, Psalms 13:2, Psalms 137:5
3And said unto the king, Let the king live for ever: why should not my countenance be sad, when the city, the place of my fathers’ sepulchres, lieth waste, and the gates thereof are consumed with fire?
וָאֹמַר לַמֶּלֶךְ הַמֶּלֶךְ לְעֹולָם יִחְיֶה מַדּוּעַ לֹא־יֵרְעוּ פָנַי אֲשֶׁר הָעִיר בֵּית־קִבְרֹות אֲבֹתַי חֲרֵבָה וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ אֻכְּלוּ בָאֵשׁ׃ (4733)
See also: Nehemiah 1:3, 1 Kings 1:31, Nehemiah 2:13, Leviticus 26:31, Psalms 137:6, Jeremiah 51:50, Daniel 2:4, Daniel 5:10, 2 Chronicles 21:20, 2 Chronicles 28:27, 2 Chronicles 32:33, Psalms 137:1, Isaiah 44:26, Lamentations 2:9, Daniel 6:6, Daniel 6:21, Genesis 47:30, Esther 4:8, Esther 8:6, Psalms 74:3
4Then the king said unto me, For what dost thou make request? So I prayed to the God of heaven.
וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ עַל־מַה־זֶּה אַתָּה מְבַקֵּשׁ וָאֶתְפַּלֵּל אֶל־אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמָיִם׃ (2416)
See also: Proverbs 3:6, Proverbs 21:1, Daniel 1:9, Jeremiah 29:12, Nehemiah 2:20, Philippians 4:6, Philippians 2:13, Nehemiah 1:4, Nehemiah 1:11, 1 Kings 3:5, Mark 10:51, Esther 5:6, Esther 7:2, Esther 5:3, 1 Samuel 1:13, 2 Samuel 15:31, Nehemiah 2:6, Genesis 24:12, Genesis 24:45, Genesis 39:4
5And I said unto the king, If it please the king, and if thy servant have found favour in thy sight, that thou wouldest send me unto Judah, unto the city of my fathers’ sepulchres, that I may build it.
וָאֹמַר לַמֶּלֶךְ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טֹוב וְאִם־יִיטַב עַבְדְּךָ לְפָנֶיךָ אֲשֶׁר תִּשְׁלָחֵנִי אֶל־יְהוּדָה אֶל־עִיר קִבְרֹות אֲבֹתַי וְאֶבְנֶנָּה׃ (3890)
See also: Genesis 30:27, Ruth 2:13, 2 Samuel 14:22, Genesis 47:30, Ezra 5:17, Nehemiah 13:6, Esther 5:8, Esther 7:3, Esther 8:5, Proverbs 3:4, Isaiah 58:12, Esther 1:19
6And the king said unto me, (the queen also sitting by him,) For how long shall thy journey be? and when wilt thou return? So it pleased the king to send me; and I set him a time.
וַיֹּאמֶר לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ וְהַשֵּׁגַל ׀ יֹושֶׁבֶת אֶצְלֹו עַד־מָתַי יִהְיֶה מַהֲלָכֲךָ וּמָתַי תָּשׁוּב וַיִּיטַב לִפְנֵי־הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלָחֵנִי וָאֶתְּנָה לֹו זְמָן׃ (4725)
See also: Isaiah 49:23, Nehemiah 13:6, Nehemiah 5:14, Isaiah 65:24, Nehemiah 2:4, Isaiah 58:12, Nehemiah 1:11, Isaiah 61:4
7Moreover I said unto the king, If it please the king, let letters be given me to the governors beyond the river, that they may convey me over till I come into Judah;
וָאֹומַר לַמֶּלֶךְ אִם־עַל־הַמֶּלֶךְ טֹוב אִגְּרֹות יִתְּנוּ־לִי עַל־פַּחֲוֹות עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר אֲשֶׁר יַעֲבִירוּנִי עַד אֲשֶׁר־אָבֹוא אֶל־יְהוּדָה׃ (4379)
See also: Ezra 7:21, Ezra 8:36, Nehemiah 2:9, Ezra 6:6, Ezra 8:22, Isaiah 60:10, Ezra 5:3, Nehemiah 3:7
8And a letter unto Asaph the keeper of the king’s forest, that he may give me timber to make beams for the gates of the palace which appertained to the house, and for the wall of the city, and for the house that I shall enter into. And the king granted me, according to the good hand of my God upon me.
וְאִגֶּרֶת אֶל־אָסָף שֹׁמֵר הַפַּרְדֵּס אֲשֶׁר לַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר יִתֶּן־לִי עֵצִים לְקָרֹות אֶת־שַׁעֲרֵי הַבִּירָה אֲשֶׁר־לַבַּיִת וּלְחֹומַת הָעִיר וְלַבַּיִת אֲשֶׁר־אָבֹוא אֵלָיו וַיִּתֶּן־לִי הַמֶּלֶךְ כְּיַד־אֱלֹהַי הַטֹּובָה עָלָי׃ (8984)
See also: Nehemiah 1:11, Ezra 7:6, Isaiah 66:14, Nehemiah 7:2, Ezra 7:9, Ezra 7:28, Daniel 1:9, Ezra 8:18, Nehemiah 2:17-18, Genesis 32:28, Ezra 5:5, Ezra 7:27, Nehemiah 3:3, Psalms 68:29, Micah 7:11, Ezra 6:22, Nehemiah 3:1-32, Proverbs 21:1, Acts 7:10, Acts 11:21
9Then I came to the governors beyond the river, and gave them the king’s letters. Now the king had sent captains of the army and horsemen with me.
וָאָבֹוא אֶל־פַּחֲוֹות עֵבֶר הַנָּהָר וָאֶתְּנָה לָהֶם אֵת אִגְּרֹות הַמֶּלֶךְ וַיִּשְׁלַח עִמִּי הַמֶּלֶךְ שָׂרֵי חַיִל וּפָרָשִׁים׃ (4485)
10When Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, heard of it, it grieved them exceedingly that there was come a man to seek the welfare of the children of Israel.
וַיִּשְׁמַע סַנְבַלַּט הַחֹרֹנִי וְטֹובִיָּה הָעֶבֶד הָעַמֹּנִי וַיֵּרַע לָהֶם רָעָה גְדֹלָה אֲשֶׁר־בָּא אָדָם לְבַקֵּשׁ טֹובָה לִבְנֵי יִשְׂרָאֵל׃ (3458)
See also: Psalms 122:9, Esther 10:3, Nehemiah 4:1, Nehemiah 6:16, Nehemiah 2:19, Nehemiah 4:7, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 13:4, Proverbs 27:4, Ezekiel 25:6-8, Acts 19:26-27, Numbers 22:3-4, Nehemiah 13:28, Psalms 112:10, Psalms 122:6-9, Ecclesiastes 10:7, Jeremiah 41:10, Ezra 4:4-23, Nehemiah 4:3, Nehemiah 13:1
11So I came to Jerusalem, and was there three days.
וָאָבֹוא אֶל־יְרוּשָׁלִָם וָאֱהִי־שָׁם יָמִים שְׁלֹשָׁה׃ (1730)
See also: Ezra 8:32
12And I arose in the night, I and some few men with me; neither told I any man what my God had put in my heart to do at Jerusalem: neither was there any beast with me, save the beast that I rode upon.
וָאָקוּם ׀ לַיְלָה אֲנִי וַאֲנָשִׁים ׀ מְעַט עִמִּי וְלֹא־הִגַּדְתִּי לְאָדָם מָה אֱלֹהַי נֹתֵן אֶל־לִבִּי לַעֲשֹׂות לִירוּשָׁלִָם וּבְהֵמָה אֵין עִמִּי כִּי אִם־הַבְּהֵמָה אֲשֶׁר אֲנִי רֹכֵב בָּהּ׃ (4713)
See also: Ezra 7:27, Ecclesiastes 9:10, Revelation 17:17, Jeremiah 31:33, 2 Corinthians 8:16, Ezra 1:5, Ezra 7:6, Jeremiah 32:40, Acts 23:24, Exodus 35:34, Judges 6:27, Judges 9:32, Psalms 51:18, Psalms 122:6, Ecclesiastes 3:7, Amos 5:13, John 13:2, James 1:16-17
13And I went out by night by the gate of the valley, even before the dragon well, and to the dung port, and viewed the walls of Jerusalem, which were broken down, and the gates thereof were consumed with fire.
וָאֵצְאָה בְשַׁעַר־הַגַּיא לַיְלָה וְאֶל־פְּנֵי עֵין הַתַּנִּין וְאֶל־שַׁעַר הָאַשְׁפֹּת וָאֱהִי שֹׂבֵר בְּחֹומֹת יְרוּשָׁלִַם אֲשֶׁר־ [הַמְפֹרוָצִים כ] (הֵם ׀ ק) (פְּרוּצִים ק) וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ אֻכְּלוּ בָאֵשׁ׃ (7164)
See also: Nehemiah 1:3, Nehemiah 3:13, Nehemiah 12:31, 2 Chronicles 26:9, Nehemiah 2:3, Nehemiah 2:17, Nehemiah 2:15, Nehemiah 3:14, Psalms 74:3, Jeremiah 5:10
14Then I went on to the gate of the fountain, and to the king’s pool: but there was no place for the beast that was under me to pass.
וָאֶעֱבֹר אֶל־שַׁעַר הָעַיִן וְאֶל־בְּרֵכַת הַמֶּלֶךְ וְאֵין־מָקֹום לַבְּהֵמָה לַעֲבֹר תַּחְתָּי׃ (3224)
See also: Nehemiah 3:15, 2 Kings 20:20, Nehemiah 12:37, 2 Chronicles 32:30, Ecclesiastes 2:6, 2 Kings 18:17
15Then went I up in the night by the brook, and viewed the wall, and turned back, and entered by the gate of the valley, and so returned.
וָאֱהִי עֹלֶה בַנַּחַל לַיְלָה וָאֱהִי שֹׂבֵר בַּחֹומָה וָאָשׁוּב וָאָבֹוא בְּשַׁעַר הַגַּיְא וָאָשׁוּב׃ (2114)
16And the rulers knew not whither I went, or what I did; neither had I as yet told it to the Jews, nor to the priests, nor to the nobles, nor to the rulers, nor to the rest that did the work.
וְהַסְּגָנִים לֹא יָדְעוּ אָנָה הָלַכְתִּי וּמָה אֲנִי עֹשֶׂה וְלַיְּהוּדִים וְלַכֹּהֲנִים וְלַחֹרִים וְלַסְּגָנִים וּלְיֶתֶר עֹשֵׂה הַמְּלָאכָה עַד־כֵּן לֹא הִגַּדְתִּי׃ (3787)
See also: Exodus 24:11
17Then said I unto them, Ye see the distress that we are in, how Jerusalem lieth waste, and the gates thereof are burned with fire: come, and let us build up the wall of Jerusalem, that we be no more a reproach.
וָאֹומַר אֲלֵהֶם אַתֶּם רֹאִים הָרָעָה אֲשֶׁר אֲנַחְנוּ בָהּ אֲשֶׁר יְרוּשָׁלִַם חֲרֵבָה וּשְׁעָרֶיהָ נִצְּתוּ בָאֵשׁ לְכוּ וְנִבְנֶה אֶת־חֹומַת יְרוּשָׁלִַם וְלֹא־נִהְיֶה עֹוד חֶרְפָּה׃ (6756)
See also: Isaiah 58:12, Ezekiel 5:14, Nehemiah 1:3, Isaiah 35:3-4, Psalms 79:4, Lamentations 3:45-46, Lamentations 3:51, Nehemiah 2:13, Psalms 89:50-51, Lamentations 2:8-9, Ezekiel 22:4-5, Ezra 5:1-2, Nehemiah 2:8, Psalms 44:13, Psalms 79:12, Jeremiah 24:9, Lamentations 2:2, Ezra 10:2-4, Psalms 51:18, Jeremiah 31:38
18Then I told them of the hand of my God which was good upon me; as also the king’s words that he had spoken unto me. And they said, Let us rise up and build. So they strengthened their hands for this good work.
וָאַגִּיד לָהֶם אֶת־יַד אֱלֹהַי אֲשֶׁר־הִיא טֹובָה עָלַי וְאַף־דִּבְרֵי הַמֶּלֶךְ אֲשֶׁר אָמַר־לִי וַיֹּאמְרוּ נָקוּם וּבָנִינוּ וַיְחַזְּקוּ יְדֵיהֶם לַטֹּובָה׃ (3230)
See also: 1 Samuel 23:16, Philippians 2:13, 1 Chronicles 19:13, 2 Chronicles 32:5, Ephesians 6:10, Haggai 1:13-14, Ezra 7:6, 2 Timothy 3:17, 2 Samuel 2:7, Ezra 6:22, 1 Chronicles 11:10, Ezra 7:9, Matthew 26:10, Acts 11:21, Genesis 48:2
19But when Sanballat the Horonite, and Tobiah the servant, the Ammonite, and Geshem the Arabian, heard it, they laughed us to scorn, and despised us, and said, What is this thing that ye do? will ye rebel against the king?
וַיִּשְׁמַע סַנְבַלַּט הַחֹרֹנִי וְטֹבִיָּה ׀ הָעֶבֶד הָעַמֹּונִי וְגֶשֶׁם הָעַרְבִי וַיַּלְעִגוּ לָנוּ וַיִּבְזוּ עָלֵינוּ וַיֹּאמְרוּ מָה־הַדָּבָר הַזֶּה אֲשֶׁר אַתֶּם עֹשִׂים הַעַל הַמֶּלֶךְ אַתֶּם מֹרְדִים׃ (5021)
See also: Nehemiah 6:6, Nehemiah 2:10, Nehemiah 6:1, Nehemiah 4:1, 1 Samuel 17:10, Nehemiah 13:28, Psalms 44:13-14, Nehemiah 4:3, Psalms 80:6, Psalms 123:4, Jeremiah 41:10, Mark 5:40, 2 Chronicles 30:10, Ezra 4:15-16, Nehemiah 4:7, Nehemiah 6:9, Nehemiah 13:1, Job 30:1, Psalms 79:4, Isaiah 36:5
20Then answered I them, and said unto them, The God of heaven, he will prosper us; therefore we his servants will arise and build: but ye have no portion, nor right, nor memorial, in Jerusalem.
וָאָשִׁיב אֹותָם דָּבָר וָאֹומַר לָהֶם אֱלֹהֵי הַשָּׁמַיִם הוּא יַצְלִיחַ לָנוּ וַאֲנַחְנוּ עֲבָדָיו נָקוּם וּבָנִינוּ וְלָכֶם אֵין־חֵלֶק וּצְדָקָה וְזִכָּרֹון בִּירוּשָׁלִָם׃ (3897)
See also: Ezra 4:3, Acts 8:21, Nehemiah 2:4, Isaiah 56:5, Acts 10:31, Psalms 35:27, Ecclesiastes 7:18, Psalms 20:5, Psalms 51:18, Zechariah 6:14, 2 Chronicles 26:5, Psalms 122:6, Acts 10:4, Numbers 10:10, Esther 4:11, Psalms 102:13-14, Genesis 39:3, Exodus 28:29, Leviticus 26:9, Joshua 22:25